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Scoop Ratings – Week’s Top 20
The Top 20 rating items on Scoop this week were…
1: Nats
Losing Support to Labour, NZ First,
Greens
The tide continues to turn against the National Party. Their Bright Future announcement has failed to translate into votes while the Winebox victory of Winston Peters immediately puts New Zealand First right back in the picture.
2:
The
Week Ahead: Secrets, Lies, Liquor, Prod
Boards
Scoop is anticipating a big week in Parliament this week with mounting pressure on the government and particularly the Prime Minister, as the opposition mounts an offensive on the Secrets and Lies revelations made by Nicky Hager last week.
3:
Diana's
Death - Unanswered Questions
Remain
John Howard reports that on the second anniversary of Princess Diana's death there remain a number of unanswered questions.
4:
Don't
Turn us into Irish Component Assemblers
Bank managers and receivers hear the same story every day: businesses never go under through bad management. They fail because of the competition from cheap imports, or the exchange rate, or lack of subsidies. Not long ago, it was the exchange rate. ...Advertisement - scroll to continue reading
5:
Questions
Of The Day (7-13)
Employment Contracts ACT (much disorder) - Nutrition Survey And Poverty - Agriculture Research - Ascot Hospital - Auckland Mayors - Violent Crime - Wanganui Prison Escape
6:
Police
Say On Your Way To Sex
Workers
Police are cracking down on Auckland’s homeless, street-kids, and sex workers in the run up to the APEC leader’s summit meetings next month.
7:
Rankin
Column: Free Trade and Economic
Correctness
Last week Reserve Bank governor Don Brash was reported (Herald, 20 August) as having chastised his fellow economists for not having done more to convince the public that free trade is always the best policy for any nation.
8:
The
Sporting Scoop: NZ Win Cricket
Series
An unabashed supporter of British sport reports on a historic victory for NZ cricket and an ignominious defeat for England
9:
Student
Loan Changes Widely
Misunderstood
Government changes to the student loan scheme announced in November last year - and then again last week - are perhaps one of the most poorly communicated government announcements in recent times. Scoop's Jonathan Hill reports.
A bezerk Michael Cullen was booted out of the House today after a serious breach of Parliamentary discipline. Cullen had stormed from the House in a remarkable display of bad temper. He was called back by Mr Speaker who sent the Sergeant of Arms to ...
11:
Soapbox:
Kei te korero au i te reo
Maori
Those people who know me personally would not describe me as the sort of person who is often lost for words. But during the past weekend I have been very quiet indeed. It's not that I haven't had a lot to say; in fact, the opposite is true. But the ...
12:
Auck
Councillor's Un-Censored APEC Column
Revealed
Here, courtesy of Auckland's 95Bfm is Auckland councillor, Maire Leadbeater's "Lost Column". AUCKLAND CITY COUNCILLOR Maire Leadbeater refused to edit her column for this week's edition of the council's PR rag to the public, "City Scene". Instead, ...
13:
SCP
Interactive: Edge Theory: An All Black
Plane?
"The 747 I'd like to fly the world in [with the All Blacks]" - Kevin Roberts"
14:
Rankin's
Thursday Column Whither the
Bourgeoisie?
We frequently hear these days about the plight of the middle class, or the middle classes. But who are the middle classes? Are they simply those people (or households?) who earn between the median income and the 90th or 95th percentile? Can we really ...
15:
No
Prime Minister: The Buck Stops With
You
Prime Minister Jenny Shipley's frustration at evidence of a worsening health status for south Auckland children is a mere red herring, a smoke-screen designed to cloud the Government's role in this order of social shame.
16:
Organic
Beer Sales Grow - Greenies May Be
Right
UK supermarkets say demand for organic beer made from organically grown New Zealand hops has grown amid deepening public concern over food safety and the environmental impact of modern farming. John Howard reports.
17:
Why
New Zealand is so violent
New Zealand will keep its place as the most violent country in the developed world after South Africa until we get full employment, a victim-centred justice system and a vastly improved mental health system, Alliance leader Jim Anderton says.
18:
Scoop
Feature: The fight for the
Coromandel
The seat of Coromandel, currently held by National MP Murray McLean but fiercely contested by Green MP Jeanette Fitzsimons, promises to be one of the most interesting and potentially significant seats of the looming general election. Jonathan Hill ...
19:
A
Scoop Exclusive - Inside APEC
Series
As the third reading of the SIS Amendment Bill No. 2 is put before the New Zealand Parliament, a Canadian Anti-APEC campaigner warns of spy infiltration of New Zealand groups. Those particularly targeted are organisations and individuals openly critical ...
20:
Rainbow
Labour says Capill is out of
touch
Michael Wilson and Judie Alison, Co-Chairs of Rainbow Labour, the Labour Party's gay, lesbian and transgender branches, said today that Graeme Capill's reaction to the Discussion paper on same sex relationships was extreme, and the sign of a desperate ...
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Binoy Kampmark: Jesting On The Environment - Australian Mining Gets A Present
Martin LeFevre - Meditations: The Antithesis Of What Jesus Taught And Lived 
Ramzy Baroud: The West Bank's Men Of The CIA - Why Is The PA Killing Palestinians In Jenin?
Binoy Kampmark: Concentrated Markets And Iceless Fokkers
Binoy Kampmark: Catching Pegasus - Mercenary Spyware And The Liability Of The NSO Group
Ramzy Baroud: The World Owes Palestine This Much - Please Stop Censoring Palestinian Voices